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One of the last Negro League players persisted for the love of the game
Updated Feb 14, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
Pedro Sierra, hired to play for the Indianapolis Clowns, threw a fastball as sharply as Kid Gavilan’s bolo punch, a combination of a hook and uppercut that sliced through the air like a machete through sugar cane. He has lived near Atlantic City since 2004. Photo by Arlene Schulman.
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By Arlene Schulman
Pedro Sierra poses on a concrete mound facing an imaginary batter. He tucks a baseball into his palm, hands as large as catcher’s mitts, setting up pitches based on physics, syncopation and deception. As his windup begins, his dark 82-year-old eyes fix on his intended victim like a cat ready to ambush a mouse.